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[Q] rooting my htc incredible

I own an HTC INCREDIBLE and I've been told to "root" my phone to get rid of all the bloatware. What is rooting and how do I do it? A lot of my apps and all of my music and all photos are saved to my mem card. There are some HTC apps I would actually like to keep. Also, is there anyway I could get swipe on my phone?

Yep - you can root your phone to get rid of bloatware and allow you to do all sorts of other things, basically, rooting the phone allows you to be the administrator of your phone, whereas now you just have a user account on it ... As for how to root, that's been done a lot of different ways and is explained in a number of places - you should read several how-tos so you'll have an idea of what you're getting yourself into (and whether you want to bother)... The contents of your memory card should be safe, but you should back them up anyway, since memory cards do fail during normal use. Simply rooting won't automatically remove any of your apps, so your good there, but it will give you the ability to remove apps, or even break (or even "brick") your phone, so take it easy and don't take any steps 'till you understand what you're about to do.
Here are some resources you can check out :
Ok, actually I'm not allowed to be helpful by posting links since I'm a new member, but google these terms: root droid incredible Jonamerica - that'll get you started...
As for swype the legit way to get it is to sign up for their beta (it's available on their website which I can't link you to) and go from there.

Thanks so much. I'll check it out!

Just a few newbie tips for you.
I'm new to all of this also.....rooting and flashing.
1. Read a lot before you do anything. Its not hard but readup first!
2. Be patient......2 or 3 times while I have rooted or flashed I have thought that maybe my phone is dead. Sometimes there is no visible indication that the phone is actually doing what you want it to do. Let it sit there and do its thing. DO NOT PANIC and pull the battery!
3. Backup backup backup backup BACKUP!
Have fun.....I am

wildland said:
Yep - you can root your phone to get rid of bloatware and allow you to do all sorts of other things, basically, rooting the phone allows you to be the administrator of your phone, whereas now you just have a user account on it ... As for how to root, that's been done a lot of different ways and is explained in a number of places - you should read several how-tos so you'll have an idea of what you're getting yourself into (and whether you want to bother)... The contents of your memory card should be safe, but you should back them up anyway, since memory cards do fail during normal use. Simply rooting won't automatically remove any of your apps, so your good there, but it will give you the ability to remove apps, or even break (or even "brick") your phone, so take it easy and don't take any steps 'till you understand what you're about to do.
Here are some resources you can check out :
Ok, actually I'm not allowed to be helpful by posting links since I'm a new member, but google these terms: root droid incredible Jonamerica - that'll get you started...
As for swype the legit way to get it is to sign up for their beta (it's available on their website which I can't link you to) and go from there.
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Thank you for this search link. Guide is very helpful, fills in alot of the blanks I've been having.

You're welcome.
There are numerous other guides and threads out there, so googling and reading is a good idea... I just researched it again since I rooted my wife's Inc. last night and since it has an SLCD screen I wanted to make sure that unrevoked had been updated to work with these screens - turns out it has and it worked fine. I actually had a scary moment when the phone wouldn't boot into recovery (five vibrations and a blank screen) but a google search and a battery pull saved me and so far so good since then - and I was able to uninstall verizon's backup assistant which was killing her battery every day.

Is that the only reason you rooted your wife's phone, was to remove some of the bloat? I might end up doing the same.

ramma2 said:
Is that the only reason you rooted your wife's phone, was to remove some of the bloat? I might end up doing the same.
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Yeah, that was the main reason - when she upgraded from her dumbphone, we used Backup Assistant to transfer her numbers over, but lately it's been hanging during sync and killing her battery (and/or it may be syncing over the poor 1x data connection rather than available wifi - not sure about that but it sounds like something Verizon would do (it would both be a bit more secure, and use more data they could bill us for)). Since Verizon in all their wisdom made it so you can't uninstall that app or disassociate it from your account, I figured the I'd use force and just root the phone - worked too, now her battery's lasting all day, no problem.
I also would recommend rooting to anyone concerned about certain apps wanting internet permissions - DroidWall is a great app allowing you to prevent apps from accessing the internet (or you can block just wifi or just 3g for a specific app, potentially allowing you to better manage your data usage).

make sure to read alot about what ur getting into.. And remember to always backup before you do anything (incase of errors/problems) you can always boot back to stock...happy rootin!

Check this out: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Barebones.
That guide is specific to Cyanogenmod, and it's a little outdated, but it's a good starting point to learn what applications are required for the phone to run, and which applications are simply "extra."

Apps did not restore

So... Finally got my replacement Note 7 from Verizon meaning I had to turn my loaner Galaxy S7 in.
The Verizon employee I was working with skipped through the setup wizard (didn't input my Google Account information or anything), then proceeded to do use Smart Switch. I insisted he use the cord because it would be faster he denied it and used the store's wireless network instead. Because he used the wireless, Smart Switch estimated the transfer to take an hour and six minutes so he suggested we didn't bring over the apps which cut it down to 15 minutes. I didn't think this was a big deal at the time because I figured the apps would come back from the Play store anyways.
Later on, I signed into my Google account to realize that my old apps weren't queueing for download. Does anyone know another way around this without manually installing every app that was on the old phone? Maybe rerunning the setup wizard?

go to settings and go to google backups. or you can try re-restoring it. in the future, only use smart switch, and save it on your external SD. Then you will always have a backup on you no matter what. On top of that i use nova launcher so i make a back up of that as well and email it to myself. then i just restore it and my phone is always set up visually the way i had it.
you can always run the back up again whenever. also a good idea when your phone feels sluggish or has a lot of battery drainage to just factory reset, and restore the smart switch backup.

chillsen said:
go to settings and go to google backups. or you can try re-restoring it. in the future, only use smart switch, and save it on your external SD. Then you will always have a backup on you no matter what. On top of that i use nova launcher so i make a back up of that as well and email it to myself. then i just restore it and my phone is always set up visually the way i had it.
you can always run the back up again whenever. also a good idea when your phone feels sluggish or has a lot of battery drainage to just factory reset, and restore the smart switch backup.
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Thanks for your quick response. In settings, I see 'Google' and I see 'Backup and Reset'. Neither menus seem to have an option for 'Google Backups' or mention anything about restore EXCEPT automatically restore which is turned on and doesn't seem to be working.
Looks like I may have to backup Smart Switch to external sd, then reset and do the setup wizard again. I wasn't aware that you could backup to SD from smart switch so that's good to know.

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Looks like I may have to backup Smart Switch to external sd, then reset and do the setup wizard again. I wasn't aware that you could backup to SD from smart switch so that's good to know.
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Yeah it should be more visible but the option to do that is in the menu button on the top right of the screen, there's an option for "external sd" sorry that happened.

I had the same problem. I had to manually go through my apps and tell it to install each one..... the freaking guy that handled my swap went through and did the initial setup and crap on all my apps..... The bone head also started and accepted the terms on all the garbage Verizon apps before I could explain that I don't need use or want any of them.... he looked like I told him his cooking sucked when I told him if I could pay an extra 50 bucks to get my device WITHOUT any of their garbage apps I would....
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Flashing Old Note 7 to new Note 7

I have a Note 7 and will be receiving my replacement Note 7 soon. Is there any software I can use to simply hard copy, flash, or whatever you want to call it to the new one?
Just make a full hard drive copy and transfer it?
Just to be clear I know about smart switch, but that doesn't do the actual app data, you have to re logon, re associate, and all of that. I want it to be an exact copy, if possible.

I don't think there is a way to do this. I suggest using LastPass. If makes it so easy to log everything back in that you won't mind.
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rocmat1 said:
I have a Note 7 and will be receiving my replacement Note 7 soon. Is there any software I can use to simply hard copy, flash, or whatever you want to call it to the new one?
Just make a full hard drive copy and transfer it?
Just to be clear I know about smart switch, but that doesn't do the actual app data, you have to re logon, re associate, and all of that. I want it to be an exact copy, if possible.
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impossible w/o root, TWRP, and nandroid backup/restore.
Best thing right now is to smart switch first so the apps, contact, media, etc copy over, then use Helium to backup/restore most of the app data with a microSD card. Some apps does not allow backup with Helium. With these two you should get back most of the old phone. You'll still need to re-do everything in Settings.

I thought Smartswitch was supposed to do apps and data? If not I won't even waste my time using it. I will just use Helium to back up all my apps and data from my original N7, then reinstall them to my new N7 (which I just got a few hours ago). What's the point of Smartswitch if it doesn't migrate app data? There is none.

Smartswitch moved all my apps and a majority of my settings over. It did not port over passwords and app Data. Very usefull doing a port outside of having reenter passwords. Think it uses a combo of nfc and Wi-Fi direct.

teegunn said:
I thought Smartswitch was supposed to do apps and data? If not I won't even waste my time using it. I will just use Helium to back up all my apps and data from my original N7, then reinstall them to my new N7 (which I just got a few hours ago). What's the point of Smartswitch if it doesn't migrate app data? There is none.
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Helium doesn't do all the apps tho. I remember that were quite a list of apps it couldn't back up. At least with Smart Switch, you can get all the apps back w/o installing them individually. Then use Helium to restore whatever data it can. Its best to use both.

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Helium doesn't do all the apps tho. I remember that were quite a list of apps it couldn't back up. At least with Smart Switch, you can get all the apps back w/o installing them individually. Then use Helium to restore whatever data it can. Its best to use both.
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I used Helium coming from my N4 to my N7. Helium backed almost every app and it's data up to the cloud. There were very, very few that it didn't/couldn't.
As long as I can still migrate over the app data with Helium after I do smartswitch I guess I might as well try smartswitch then Helium. This will still be a time consuming ordeal though. I need to start backing up my apps on my original N7 to Helium now. Then after that is all done, hook my old N7 to the new N7 and use Smartswitch. Then after that go into Helium and start restoring app data.

What about Samsung backup? I made a backup to an SD card im gonna try to restore it to the new phone and see how it goes.

I haven't switched over to my new N7 yet - want to make sure I have at least 8 hours free to do it right. Reading on the FAQ's of Smartswitch, it says it is supposed to migrate over apps AND their data. Anyone comfirm whether it does, or does not migrate over apps AND data? What about Nova and how I have that set up? Will it migrate that over? Basically, is there really a reason to use Smartswitch if it isn't doing anything but migrating over apps without data? I can move call logs and texts over with Helium.
Also - is everyone doing a factory reset with their new N7 as soon as the update is installed? I have not had any issues with battery problems or lag on my original N7, but some who did said doing a factory reset seemed to fix any issues like this. What is the best protocol to set up the new N7? Something like this?:
1) Have all apps and data backed up to Helium from original N7
2) take SD card and SIM card from old N7 and put them into new N7
3) boot new N7, skip through the setup things like google restore, etc to get to where one can go to settings and take the new OTA
4) DL and install new OTA (the one with the green battery icon)
5) Before doing anything else, do a factory reset
6) Starting the setup again, this time logging into google and/or Samsung accounts
7) Using Smartswitch to migrate over as much as possible from original N7
8) If Smartswitch does NOT migrate over apps AND data, the use Helium to migrate over apps and data
9) Do any final tweaks to phone to get it to the same state as the original N7 (mine is very much different than stock using Nova Launcher, handcent for texts, and having quite a bit of bloatware frozen including the stock messaging and email apps)
10) If all goes well, root the phone (my original is not rooted, first phone I have had NOT rooted).
Sound about right, or should I do some of these steps differently?
Thanks in advance.

I think the current root method is broken by the update, so there is a kink in your plan there.
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rcobourn said:
I think the current root method is broken by the update, so there is a kink in your plan there.
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I've read some people being able to root the new batch of N7's and some people having an issue. I actually feel like I don't "have" to have root this time around, but if I could I still probably would. I held off rooting my original because I knew I would have to send it back because of the recall and the root method for it was not exactly a one click method (not that I haven't done a complicated root method before) and also there seemed to be some issues with some things not working properly after root was applied (that may have been fixed, I have not checked for a bit). In any case, If I rooted I would be using adblock and the dual speaker tweak. And of course Titanium. Those three things for sure I would use.

How to backup and restore pixel without root? Having vibration problems.

Hello,
The vibration motor has suddenly failed on my phone. It now hardly vibrates at all and is extremely loud.
The problem seems more or less identical to this one watch?v=ZPqGD2uGG4o if you are curious.
The sound doesn't come from the speakers and I have no reason to believe it could possible be a software issue. Ie no recent installs or updates.
First thing I did was contact google. They had me boot into safemode to see if the problem persists. It does. However they now require that I reformat the phone.
This leads me to my question on how I can backup ALL app data. I have 400+ apps and it would suck to have to reset them all and or lose data.
I can sync phone contacts and such but without root I don't have a way of backing everything up.
Or is there another way to get Google to actually get me a replacement?
Thank you for your time.

If you're bootloader unlocked then root it and use Titanium backup, save it to the computer afterwards. Then unroot and factory reset as they ask. I'd probably not do that but if you have to get a new device, well then you have to. Maybe there is another way, but I've not seen it. Non root backup apps don't backup and restore your data reliably. If you are bootloader locked then I do believe you're out of luck. Pretty lousy of them to make you do that. If they just sent you a new one then you could copy from the old to the new. Maybe suggest that to them.

When you set up the new pixel using info from an old device, how much data is transferred? That may be an option.
I just went from rooted with custom ROM to full stock unrooted. All of my apps restored from the play store. I had to log into a few, but others seemed to retain app data, like Strava for instance. Google's back up seems to be getting better and better. I use SMS backup and restore for SMS/MMS because Google's backup service does not support MMS.

Well in case anyone is wondering... I bit the bullet and did the factory reset. The problem still exists of course.
Rant ahead, sorry/
There is an odd sound coming from within the device itself (not the speakers) and Google blames software? Is there some hidden second speaker inside?? It quite dumb and infuriating.
Even if there was doubt you would think running in safe mode which disables all the third party software would be enough to prove it.
It took me hours to copy everything and make sure everything was backed up. I don't blame the rep, he told me he HAD to make me do this. Honestly, I kinda wish I would have just told him I did it and it didn't work since there was no way it could have been software.
Well now a refurbished replacement is on the way. Which isn't ideal either. It has an issue that isn't too uncommon. I can find a dozen posts online about it which means there is probably hundreds of people with this problem at least. Now I have to put up with a refurbished which probably has a battery worse off as well as who knows what else.
This whole phone feels rushed, to be honest, and I regret buying it.
I won't be buying any more google hardware unless either they change in the future or the particular device has months of reviews.
/End rant
bobby janow said:
If you're bootloader unlocked then root it and use Titanium backup, save it to the computer afterwards. Then unroot and factory reset as they ask. I'd probably not do that but if you have to get a new device, well then you have to. Maybe there is another way, but I've not seen it. Non root backup apps don't backup and restore your data reliably. If you are bootloader locked then I do believe you're out of luck. Pretty lousy of them to make you do that. If they just sent you a new one then you could copy from the old to the new. Maybe suggest that to them.
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I didn't know you could unroot and make it seem like it didn't happen. This is what I should have done. Thanks for the suggestion.
"If they just sent you a new one then you could copy from the old to the new. Maybe suggest that to them" I suggested this to them several times. One guy told me he wasn't allowed to even rma it until I reformat despite there being no way its a hardware issue.
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When you set up the new pixel using info from an old device, how much data is transferred? That may be an option.
I just went from rooted with custom ROM to full stock unrooted. All of my apps restored from the play store. I had to log into a few, but others seemed to retain app data, like Strava for instance. Google's back up seems to be getting better and better. I use SMS backup and restore for SMS/MMS because Google's backup service does not support MMS.
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If I had the replacement phone up front then transfering is easy. Google even has a built in mechanism, but google wouldn't RMA it and have one sent out until AFTER resetting it. A lot of data is synced but my 400+ apps, none of them seem to sync via the backup and restore feature. I also have 80+gbs of other files beside pictures. I bought the 128gb for a reason... Thanks for the suggestion.

Question Transfer from samsung to pixel 6 pro

Just ordered the 6pro. On my current samsung A71 5G, there was an app to transfer the data, files, apps from
my old phone to the sammy.
I didn't really find one, there were some apps but is there a sure fire way to transfer the apps, files etc from my
samsung, over to the pixel 6 pro, when I get it?
TIA

p51d007 said:
Just ordered the 6pro. On my current samsung A71 5G, there was an app to transfer the data, files, apps from
my old phone to the sammy.
I didn't really find one, there were some apps but is there a sure fire way to transfer the apps, files etc from my
samsung, over to the pixel 6 pro, when I get it?
TIA
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My preferred method is to transfer files from the old phone to my laptop and then transfer from there to the new phone. Then I gradually add the apps back over time starting with the most relevant.

I use Google's own built-in Android cloud backup option. When your new phone gets to the part where it suggests you plug your old phone into your new phone, you could do that - or tell it you don't have the old phone and then it will offer you the available cloud restores for your account.
Edit: I'm assuming your old phone isn't rooted, being a Samsung. Being rooted would give you all sorts of other options like Swift Backup, and Titanium Backup, and others, which when used on rooted phones could backup and restore more app data than any non-root solution.
Have fun with your new phone.

roirraW edor ehT said:
I use Google's own built-in Android cloud backup option. When your new phone gets to the part where it suggests you plug your old phone into your new phone, you could do that - or tell it you don't have the old phone and then it will offer you the available cloud restores for your account.
Edit: I'm assuming your old phone isn't rooted, being a Samsung. Being rooted would give you all sorts of other options like Swift Backup, and Titanium Backup, and others, which when used on rooted phones could backup and restore more app data than any non-root solution.
Have fun with your new phone.
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No, it's not rooted. Knox...
I just don't look forward to installing all the apps again. That's ONE thing I did like about the A71 and the samsung app that transferred everything from the old phone to the A71. SIMPLE.
(yeah, I'm gettin' old) LOL

p51d007 said:
No, it's not rooted. Knox...
I just don't look forward to installing all the apps again. That's ONE thing I did like about the A71 and the samsung app that transferred everything from the old phone to the A71. SIMPLE.
(yeah, I'm gettin' old) LOL
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When I relatively briefly went back to Samsung (Note 10+) between my Pixel 1 and this 6 Pro, I used Samsung's app to transfer over cable what it could and I don't think it transferred any app data, only apps themselves. Google's cloud backup at least backs up and restores app data for apps that the developers have implemented that in.
I do miss LG's built-in non-root backup and restore function I had on the G3. It was almost as capable as root solutions - it got nearly every piece of app data. I was rooted anyway, but LG's solution was so good I only used Titanium Backup for apps that didn't restore app data via LG's tool.

p51d007 said:
Just ordered the 6pro. On my current samsung A71 5G, there was an app to transfer the data, files, apps from
my old phone to the sammy.
I didn't really find one, there were some apps but is there a sure fire way to transfer the apps, files etc from my
samsung, over to the pixel 6 pro, when I get it?
TIA
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There seems to have been a lot of people who had problems with their phone when they first got it because they transferred data, apps, etc., from another phone. Heard a lot of stories about when they clean installed everything the problems went away.
Not saying this will happen to you, but might want to think about clean installing everything initially just to avoid potential problems. Just an idea...

I dont know much about the A71 but I upgraded from a Samsung Note 10 to the 6 Pro and used the direct cable option. Inserted sim into the pixel, powered on and followed the screen prompts. It transferred everything EXCEPT some apps that came from the Galaxy store.
Even the files on my sd card were transferred to the pixels internal storage. Kept folder structures too. I have to say I was impressed that I didnt lose anything. Just had to replace Samsung apps with either Google or third party apps.

Used the included cable, got everything transferred, then all the apps that required to be updated by google.
The only "issue" I had was after putting in the sim card (at&t prepaid), I had no cell service. The at&t message
came up, connected me with a semi-English speaking person, told them what phone I was using and LOL, this
is what she said "The google pixel 6 pro is probably not compatible. I told her...ummm it just came out not
that long ago. After giving her my IMEI number, the model number of the phone, presto/jumbo/mumbo and
it started working.
LOL...not compatible. Reading from a script most likely. Also, she mentioned that it won't work on 3G
Gee, no kidding? LOL

I'm with the people that say do a clean install. I have ran into too many issues over the years transferring data, apps, media, etc. from my old phone. Also I have found that there were many apps on my old phone I never used. I got my P6P a week ago. Before I moved to the P6P I copied all photos, videos, downloads, text photos, and other stuff I needed from old phone to my computer. I'm not a huge fan of moving old texts to new phone but if you are (like my wife who has 6,000 texts she cannot live without use SMS Backup & Restore. In reality this is a good practice for me to backup. Not a big fan of only having only the cloud. Afer this I booted up P6P and logged into google. Contacts updated through Google. I essentially install other apps when I need them on my phone and move stuff from my computer backup to phone. This might sound old school but I don't like being dependent on cloud etc. when going to new phone. I want my own backup on everything. I also have found I run into less issues doing it this way.

I did a full device transfer using the Samsung app from the Note 10 to the S21 recently and have been having issues with the S21 since. I'm sending it back and have the P6P on its way, and I intend to do a clean install to avoid app data giving me issues.